Customer Success Lead at IT Horizons Holdings Limited

IT Horizons Holdings Limited is a company with diverse talents and skills on existing, recent and upcoming technologies worldwide. We are a team of young, vibrant, ambitious but experienced professionals who deal with everything relating to technologies especially information communication technologies (ICT). Inaddition, we have the ability to update with latest trends and requirements of our esteemed clients. Our company established in 2010, had been driven by innovations and excellence, and with its rapid rate of success and customers’ requirements, we were fully incorporated into a private limited company in 2012 with the aim of helping organizations in achieving their goals by providing optimum technological solutions while reducing total cost of ownerships.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Customer Success Lead

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary 

• The Lead, Customer Success is responsible for driving customer retention, satisfaction, and lifetime value across Zojapay’s product suite.
• This role goes beyond support to proactively manage the customer lifecycle, optimize user experience, and contribute directly to business growth.
• Lead, train, and manage the Customer Success team to deliver high-quality, consistent customer experiences
• Set clear KPIs (CSAT, NPS, response time, resolution time) and drive performance against targets
• Establish shift structures and support coverage to ensure service reliability.

Key Role and  Responsibilities 
Team Leadership & Operations:

• Lead, train, and manage the Customer Success team to deliver high-quality, consistent customer experiences
• Set clear KPIs (CSAT, NPS, response time, resolution time) and drive performance against targets
• Establish shift structures and support coverage to ensure service reliability

Customer Experience Strategy:

• Design and implement customer success frameworks across onboarding, engagement, retention, and reactivation
• Develop and continuously improve customer service policies, SOPs, and playbooks
• Ensure a seamless, end-to-end customer journey across all touchpoints.

Customer Engagement & Retention:

• Proactively monitor customer behavior and identify churn risks
• Develop retention and engagement initiatives (e.g., onboarding flows, lifecycle messaging, loyalty programs)
• Drive adoption of key products (payments, savings, loans, bill pay).

Issue Resolution & Escalation Management:

• Oversee resolution of complex customer complaints and escalations
• Ensure timely and professional handling of inquiries across all channels (chat, email, phone, social)
• Maintain high standards of communication and customer satisfaction.

Data, Reporting & Insights:

• Track and analyze customer metrics (CSAT, churn rate, repeat usage, ticket trends)
• Generate insights to inform product, operations, and growth strategies
• Maintain accurate records of interactions and leverage CRM tools for reporting

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work closely with Product, Growth, Risk, and Operations teams to improve customer experience
• Provide feedback loops from customers to inform product improvements
• Support go-to-market initiatives and product launches from a customer experience standpoint.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work closely with Product, Growth, Risk, and Operations teams to improve customer experience
• Provide feedback loops from customers to inform product improvements
• Support go-to-market initiatives and product launches from a customer experience standpoint

Process Improvement & Automation:

• Identify inefficiencies in customer service workflows and implement scalable solutions
• Drive adoption of automation tools (chatbots, help centers, self-service flows)
• Optimize support costs while maintaining service quality

Compliance & Quality Assurance:

• Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and internal policies
• Implement quality assurance frameworks to monitor and improve service delivery
• Maintain data privacy and security standards in all customer interactions

Key Performance Indicators
Performance Area Performance Indicator
Customer Retention & Growth:

• Customer retention rate (% of active users retained monthly)
• Churn rate (% of users inactive over a defined period
• Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) growth

Customer Satisfaction & Experience:

• Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT)
• Net Promoter Score (NPS)

Service Delivery & Operational Efficiency:

• Average First Response Time (FRT)
• Average Resolution Time (ART)
• SLA adherence rate (% of tickets resolved within SLA)
• Cost per support interaction

Team Performance & Capability Development

• Team productivity (tickets per agent, quality scores)
• Quality Assurance (QA) scores on interactions
• Staff attrition rate
• Training completion and performance improvement rates

Process Improvement & Automation

• % of inquiries resolved via self-service (help center, chatbot)
• Reduction in ticket volume due to automation

Job Specifications
Academic Qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree

Professional Qualifications:

• Relevant Software’s qualification or training

Experience:

• 5+ years experience in Customer Success/Support, preferably in fintech or financial services
• Proven experience leading teams and managing performance
• Strong understanding of customer lifecycle management and retention strategies
• Data-driven mindset with experience using CRM and analytics tools
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills

Skills & Competencies:
The competence proficiency levels required for the position of Frontend Developer are defined using the following key terms

• Customer Lifecycle Management (Onboarding, Retention and Expansion) – Mastery
• Customer Support Operations (Ticketing, SLAs, Escalations) – Skill
• Data Analytics & Customer Insights – Mastery
• Team Leadership & People Management – Mastery
• Customer Communication & Relationship Management – Mastery
• Process Design & Optimization – Mastery
• Cross-Functional Collaboration (Product, Growth, Risk, Ops) – Mastery
• Product Knowledge (Payments, Loans, Savings, etc.) – Skill
• Regulatory & Compliance Awareness (Fintech Context) – Skill
• Customer Retention & Growth Strategy - Mastery

Definition of competence levels is in Appendix 1
Awareness:

• A good understanding of what is involved in an area of expertise and its relevance to the business.
• Ability to describe the main elements of the area of expertise and their importance to the business; and
• Ability to recognize how and where competences in expertise are relevant to their own job.

Knowledge:

• Ability to interpret and evaluate information and advice from experts in an area of Expertise. o Knowledge and ability to correctly use the terminology (vocabulary) of the area of Expertise.
• Ability to hold an informed debate with experts in the Area of Expertise; and o Ability to ask questions that test the viability of proposals in an Area of Expertise.

Skill:

• Ability to consistently carry out the activities of an area of Expertise to the required standard.
• Ability to perform satisfactorily majority of activities of the Area of Expertise.
• Ability to translate guidelines and standards for the Area of Expertise into practical actions.
• Ability to solve imaginatively common technical /operational problems in the Area of Expertise, and
• Ability to guide and advise others in operational /technical aspects of the Area of Expertise.

Mastery:

• Ability to diagnose and resolve significant, unusual problems and to successfully adapt aspects of an Area of Expertise.
• Ability to creatively solve significant, complex, non-routine problems in the Area of Expertise. o Ability to adapt practices from other markets or countries for use in the Area of Expertise; and
• Ability to generate substantial improvements to local practices and procedures for the Area of Expertise.

Application Closing Date
28th May, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@ithorizonsgroup.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.